What makes this so much more terrible (morality aside) is that these costs should actually be *higher*. China really saved our asses this summer but that's over now. There's going to be so many books written about the manipulation that's happened in the past few months to keep prices down in the U.S. The crack spreads are completely untenable - I'm super dreading what prices are going to be after the midterms when Shithead doesn't care anymore. It's already happening with vessel costs, which have absolutely exploded. We're talking 20x costs compared to January this year.
And then on top of it all, the Clown Prince of Saudia Arabia pulled one of the most boneheaded tactical blunders of the past 100 years in Yemen. We're paying (and will continue to pay) with the cost of oil. They might end up paying with their kingdom. Regional people are paying with their lives. Just today the Houthis managed to get the largest oil field in the world as well as Aramco facilities elsewhere. (The airport is part of this, too, but that's tourism etc.) One drone, one missle, one covert operation - they can fix pipelines and pumping stations and refineries all they want, it doesn't matter when it can get hit again the next day.
Add in El Nino and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. . . Americans are going to feel it in 2027. What makes me cry is that while we Americans just "feel" it for the most part, in other parts of the world people are going to die. And all a bunch of crappy people care about is that it costs $150 to fill their grossly huge Dodge Rams.
And then on top of it all, the Clown Prince of Saudia Arabia pulled one of the most boneheaded tactical blunders of the past 100 years in Yemen. We're paying (and will continue to pay) with the cost of oil. They might end up paying with their kingdom. Regional people are paying with their lives. Just today the Houthis managed to get the largest oil field in the world as well as Aramco facilities elsewhere. (The airport is part of this, too, but that's tourism etc.) One drone, one missle, one covert operation - they can fix pipelines and pumping stations and refineries all they want, it doesn't matter when it can get hit again the next day.
Add in El Nino and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. . . Americans are going to feel it in 2027. What makes me cry is that while we Americans just "feel" it for the most part, in other parts of the world people are going to die. And all a bunch of crappy people care about is that it costs $150 to fill their grossly huge Dodge Rams.